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Galatians 6:9 KJV
Galatians · chapter 6 · verse 9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Galatians 6:9 · King James Version
What Galatians 6:9 means
Be not weary in well doing assumes you will get weary, or Paul wouldn't have to say it. The harvest is promised in due season, which is God's timing and not yours. The whole thing hangs on the last clause: if we faint not.
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Galatians 6:9 in context
7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
10As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
11Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13
- Isaiah 40:30-31
- Hebrews 10:35-39
- Hebrews 12:3
- 1 Peter 2:15
- James 5:7
- 1 Peter 3:17
Key words (Strong's)
- seasonkairosdue measure, a measure of time, a larger or smaller portion of time, hence , a fixed and…G2540 →
- wearyekkakeōto be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhaustedG1573 →
- doingpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- fainteklyōto loose, unloose, to set free, to dissolve, metaph., to weaken, relax, exhaust, to have…G1590 →
- wellkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- reaptherizōto reap, harvest, proverbial expression for sowing and reaping, cut off, destroy, as…G2325 →
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